Foreign Policy In Focus

Increasingly, in our globalized world, we want to see what we're getting into. Graphic novels about Bosnia, Burma, and Iran can take us there.

How does the principle of "first do no harm" come up against the problem of ruthless leaders?

The U.S. Institute for Peace wants to change its name. What's the matter with peace all of the sudden?

Governments kill on our behalf. This arrangement is a form of social contract, which means that governments are basically contract killers.

With evermore mouths to feed, how will we be able to coax more food out of our exhausted soil?

Has the U.S. economy turned into a pyramid scheme?

Congress is cutting left and right. Will they also cut empire?

The Oslo terrorist took aim at multiculturalism, not Muslims.

President Obama is trying to sell free trade agreements as win-win deals. The problem is that most people will only win dubious prizes.

Celebrities are going global in their activism. But are they doing the right thing?